SOLUTION MANUAL FOR Project Management: The Managerial Process 8th Edition by Erik W. Larson , Clifford F. Gray ISBN:978-1260238860 COMPLETE GUIDE WITH RATIONALES 100% VERIFIED A+ GRADE ASSURED!!!!!!NEW LATEST UPDATE!!!!!

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Ch. 1 Modern Project Management
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Ch. 2 Organization Strategy and Project Selection C
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h. 3 Organization: Structure and Culture
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Ch. 4 Defining the Project
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Ch. 5 Estimating Project Times and Costs
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Ch. 6 Developing a Project Schedule
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Ch. 7 Managing Risk
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Ch. 8 Scheduling Resources and Costs
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Ch. 9 Reducing Project Duration
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Ch. 10 Being an Effective Project Manager
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Ch. 11 Managing Project Teams
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Ch. 12 Outsourcing: Managing Interorganizational
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Relations
Ch. 13 Progress and Performance Measurement and
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Evaluation
Ch. 14 Project Closure
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Ch. 15 Agile Project Management C
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h. 16 International Projects
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Modern Project Management BU BU




Chapter Outline
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1. What B U Is a Project?
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A. What a Project Is Not
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B. Program versus Project B U B U




C. The Project Life Cycle
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D. The Project Manager
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E. Being Part of a Project
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2. Agile Project Management
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3. Current Drivers of Project Management
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A. Compression of the Product Life Cycle BU BU BU B U B U




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C. Triple Bottom Line (Planet, People, Profit)
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D. Increased B U Customer B U Focus
E. Small Projects Represent
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4. Project Management Today: A Socio-Technical Approach
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5. Summary
6. Text Overview
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7. Key Terms
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8. Review Questions
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9. Snapshot B U from Practice: BU B U Discussion Questions B U




10. Exercises
11. Case 1.1: A Day in the Life—2019
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12. Case 1.2: The Hokies Lunch Group
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After reading this chapter you should be able to:
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LO 1-1
B U Understand why project management is crucial in today’s
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world.
LOB U 1-2 Distinguish a project B U B U B U from routine operations.
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LO 1-3
B U Identify the different stages of a project life cycle.
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LO 1-4
B U Describe how Agile PM is different from traditional PM.
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ancing the technical andsociocultural dimensions of th
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e project.
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1. Define a project. What are five characteristics which help differ
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entiate projectsiifrom other functions carried out in the daily o
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perations of the organization? B U BU B U




A project is a complex, non-routine, one-
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time effort limited by time, budget, resource,and specifications.
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Differentiating characteristics of projects from routine, repetiti
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ve daily work are below:
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a. A defined lifespan
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b. A well-defined objective
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c. Typically involves people from several disciplines
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d. A project life cycle
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e. Specific time, cost, and performance requirements.
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2. What are some of the key environmental forces that have
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changed the wayprojects are managed? What has been the
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effect of these forces on the management of projects?
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Some environmental forces that have changed the way we mana
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ge projects are the product life cycle, knowledge growth, global c
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ompetition, organization downsizing,iitechnology changes, time-to-
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market. The impact of these forces is more projects perorganizat
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ion, project teams responsible for implementing projects, accounta
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bility, changing organization structures, need for rapid completion
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Uof projects, linking projects to organization strategy and custome
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rs, prioritizing projects to conserve organization resources, alliance
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s with external organizations, and so on.
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